Monday · August 17, 2026 · № 17 · with Ray Above the FoldThe week ahead hangs on the American shopper Monday, and the calendar says this is the week we find out how the American shopper is really holding up. It matters because spending by regular people is close to two-thirds of
Thursday · August 13, 2026 · № 16 · with Ray Above the FoldInflation came in right on the mark, and markets exhaled The number the whole market had been bracing for landed Wednesday, and it landed quietly. July inflation ran at 3.4 percent over the past year, a shade below June'
Wednesday · August 12, 2026 · № 15 · with Ray Above the FoldMain Street just got its confidence back While Wall Street spent Tuesday inching back from record highs, a quieter and more hopeful number came out of Main Street. The National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index rose
Tuesday · August 11, 2026 · № 14 · with Ray Above the FoldThe bill for the AI boom just got a lot bigger Monday made the price of the artificial-intelligence race hard to look away from. Intel said it will sell about $15 billion in new stock to fund its long climb
Sunday · August 9, 2026 · № 13 · with Ray Above the FoldThe jobs report that put a rate cut back on the table For months the worry ran one direction: rates too high, and a Fed so nervous about inflation that three of its own officials wanted to raise them again. On
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